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3.
What is the printer name?
Type the desired printer name and press ENTER.
Your screen will now display the information you provided to the install script.
For example:
Node name of the EcoLAN 2000E: printfast
Printer name to be used: <printer_name>
The printer is attached on: PORT 1
You are asked to OK this configuration. Type yes or no and press ENTER.
4.
The script starts the daemon for the newly configured printer automatically. It also
displays the path used should you ever need to restart the daemon. In the follow-
ing example, the path would be:
/usr/nic/lpr_print /dev/nic/printer_name printfast 10001 &
This example reflects names supplied to the script earlier.
When the installation script is complete, you must configure the printer and make
it known to the lp system. The HP/UX lp system uses the lpadmin maintenance
command to configure a printer (there is not a /etc/printcap file). The specific
commands to do this are:
lpadmin -p printer_name -v /dev/nic/printer_name
enable printer_name
accept printer_name
You can also use other options for the lpadmin command. See your system
documentation for details.
Note:
The printer name must be the same as the one you entered during the EcoLAN
2000E installation. HP supplies the sam program as an alternative to configure the
printer.
When using sam, specify everything as if the printer were directly connected
to /dev/lprprinter/printer_name.
The software installed with your HP system can satisfy most of your printing
needs. HP supplies ASCII-to-PostScript filters and the system will invoke them
automatically if you define the content type of the printer as PostScript. The HP/
UX lp system also supplies interface scripts that produce PostScript banners. Use
the lpfilter command to define new filters and content types if necessary. The full
power and flexibility of the lp print service is now available to you. The fact that
you are printing across the network is completely transparent.
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